The final verses of the Qur’an were not yet revealed, but Allah sent down this ayah:
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A Jewish man said to Umar ibn Al-Khattab (ra), ‘O Commander of the Faithful! There is an ayah in your Book which you recite - if it had come to us the Jews, we would have taken that day as an Eid (festival)’.
Umar (ra) said, ‘Which ayah?’
He said, ‘“Today I have perfected for you your religion and completed upon you My blessing and I have chosen for you Islam as [your] religion”’.
Umar (ra) replied, ’We surely know that day and the place where it was revealed upon the Prophet (saw). He was standing at ‘Arafat on a Friday’. [Bukhari]
The fact that Allah chose the day of ’Arafah to reveal this verse makes it an even more blessed day.
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